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| Anxiety
The
woman looking through the window has been waiting for a long time and
was
expecting that the phone would ring at any moment. This framed
stretched
canvas is rendered in acrylic and is one of my pop art pieces. I
seem to have an affinity for the style as I was totally enraptured by
comic
books in my youth. Even now, I find myself drawn to them.
One
April in Chicago, I was privileged to attend an exhibit of Roy
Lichtenstein's
art and although I never met him, he has had a powerful influence on my
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Invasion
Not too many days after the destruction of the World Trade Center on
Sept.
11, 2001 when anthrax became a great concern in the country, I painted
this pop art acrylic on canvas board. I never really thought
about
it at the time, but I believe that subconsciously I was addressing that
issue. I changed my mind many times about the colors, but finally
settled on this rendition. This painting can be oriented
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| Spirit
of Life II The abstract painting of this
tradtional
theme of "mother and child" or "madonna and child" came to me one night
as I was sketching figures on the back of an envelope at the kitchen
table.
It felt so right to me that I had to transfer it onto canvas. My
original conception was to do this in a different combination of
colors,
however, when I told my eldest daughter about it, she suggested that I
try these. I liked her suggestion and have not yet finished my
original
version of the painting. This piece is part of the private
collection
of Barth McNeil of Connecticut. |
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Dry
Heat This landscape painting is based
on
a small clay sculpture named "The Gecko and the Saguaro" (which can be
viewed in the clayworks section of this site). The giant saguaros
in Arizona dominate the landscape in some places as does the heat,
which
everyone assures you is tolerable because it is so "dry". The
scene
and the very hot sun put me in mind of one day in the summer in Tempe
when
my husband and I went shopping and actually paid money just for a spot
in the shade in which to park the car. This piece is acrylic on
stretched
canvas and is part of the private collection of Aimeé McNeil of
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| Mona
Pizza The group of artists that I
belong
to sponsors a theme contest every month and the theme for one of the
months
was the Mona Lisa. I thought and thought about it and decided to
have a little fun with it. This pop art acrylic painting on
stretched
canvas tries to address Mona's curious look and her innermost
thoughts.
Because
Leonardo was Italian and so was she, I thought that pizza would be the
fun food of choice. I contemplated sending this to Pizza Hut as
an
ad, but found that they don't accept unsolicited advertising. We
do, however, have a Mona Lisa Ristorante in the next town over and
perhaps
if the caption were different.............hm-mm?
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End
of Time This abstract painting is a
mixed
media painting on watercolor paper. A combination of wet-on-wet
watercolor
and felt tip marker were used as a technique. The colors were
specifially
selected for impact and dramatic effect. The piece has an
"armageddon"
feel to it, hence the title. This painting has been matted and
framed
under glass and is part of the personal collection of Marcie C. Ventre
of Tempe, AZ. |
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| Phoenix
Sunset The giant saquaros and the desert are
once
again the theme of my landscape. The sun is setting very slowly
in
this piece and so the saguaros are depicted in silhouette. This
semi-abstract
mixed media painting is on watercolor paper and was rendered in
watercolors
and felt tip markers. I employed the same palette for the
background
as the painting above. |
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